Newman School News
An amazing day was had by our Year 8's on a visit to Newcastle's Life Science centre. The pupils enjoyed all the exhibits including a visit to the International Space Station, a virtual tour of the solar system in the planetarium, investigating Climate change with some experiments in the lab, broadcasting the news and off course checking out t...
Years 7's are plating trees this week as part of Science week.
It is exam season soon. You can't start to prepare too soon so here is a guide for pupils to help to prepare. Download PDF File Here
It's Science Week next week and the theme this year is Growth. We have lots of activities happening in school: Pupils in Years 7-9 are going to plant a tree in science lessons and have a competition to see whose can germinate first. The BBC 'Science Focus' weekly journal is being launched in the LRC.The LRC is running a competition for the be...
We continue to get books donated to our library by local authors. We really do appreciate their generosity. We hope to inspire our pupils to become authors of the future and what better way than to showcase local talent, Big thanks go to John and Peter Scholes Roger Bolton Mike Routledge Martin Lawson Derek Nash Denis Perriam ...
Year 9y2 have been using microscopes to study the organisation of plant transport systems. They demonstrated wonderful practical skills and have produced micrographs of stomata from leaves and xylem tubes from rhubarb
Easter Retreat!!It's happening April 14-17th, it's open to young people and young adults in year 10 or above (up to 25) and it will cost £85 for everything - accommodation, food, retreat etc etc. This retreat is ran by Castlerigg and bookings need to be made directly through them. The Easter Retreat is a chance for people to enter into the rea...
For SALAD day today 7SVB studied the Day of the Dead and other South American cultures. See some of their fabulous designs including alebrijes (spirit animals)and calaveras (sugar skulls). Muy bien! Enter your text here ...
Amelia has produced this masterpiece to be hung in our Learning Resource Centre. Such a talented pupil - look at the detail! Well done Amelia - a very generous donation.
We're excited to announce we've partnered with TeenTech to offer Cambridge National in Creative iMedia students, or those interested in a career in animation, the opportunity to attend a series of free, live masterclasses delivered by industry experts from film, television and gaming. The online events will be held during February and March and pro...
The Design & Technology Department is launching the Fortnum and Mason Pudding Competition inviting Catering pupils in Years 9,10 and 11 to invent the Jubilee Pudding for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The winning pudding will be an important part of the celebrations marking Her Majesty's 70 years as Monarch. The creat...
We have been running a very popular Christmas craft club over the past few weeks on a Wednesday after school. Week 1 was making gift tags, week 2 was cards and week 3 was making woolly hat decorations. Week 4 we will be making Christmas wrapping paper.
The Sixth Form visited Liverpool and enjoyed a whistle stop tour of the Liverpool University buildings. They then took a ferry tour across the Mersey taking in the sights, followed by some free time in Liverpool City Centre.
In school this week we are celebrating success by holding our annual rewards assemblies. Congratulations to all the pupils who were nominated by their teachers, Head of Year and Headteacher.
Message from Castlerigg Manor We're excited to tell you about our Advent Retreat, December 10-12th. It's just £65 (yes, for everything) and it's open to young people in Year 10 and above, up to age 25. Open retreats at Castlerigg are a great chance to make some friends and deepen our faith in a relaxed, fun environment. Please spread the word ...
The winners of the National Poetry Day competition for 2021 were Samanta in first place and Fergus in second both from Year 8, followed by Sheila from Year 12 in third place. Congratulations to everyone who took part.
A Level biology pupils had a successful Fieldtrip to Mawbray Banks nature reserve near Allonby to study sand dune succession. This area of special scientific interested also includes a preserved 8000 year old forest, endangered species and remains of world war II operational signs and conservation cattle.
On Monday we had a SALAD morning in school. SALAD is Speaking and Listening activities where we break from our traditional timetable to offer pupils different opportunities to learn. Activities included getting ready for university life including budgeting, food planning and preparing cheap nutritious meals, First Aid and CPR, creat...
The fire crew from Carlisle East & Carlisle West, attended our school to carry out road awareness training to the Sixth Form pupils , highlighting the dangers on our roads to new and future drivers. The group also watched a demonstration of an RTC extrication, with 2 pupils being cut from the car. Thanks for Burne's Auto Salvage...
Our Year 7's have been learning all about the amount of sugar contained in certain foods. They have experimented with reduced sugar fairy cakes. The feedback has been interesting... over 90% said they tasted the same as regular fairy cakes! Have any of you tried out some reduced sugar recipes? Maybe try some reduced sugar baking over half term...
